I dont know what they are after hearing the babies hb but I know they say your chances drastically reduce after 12 weeks. So good luck to you and congrats! Wish I could help ya more.

Thank you. =]

Yes they drastically reduce after 12 weeks but I am one of the unfortunate. I am almost 21 weeks and have been told to be on strict bed rest because I am at high risk of losing my baby. I hope you have wonderful success!!

After seeing a normal heartbeat, the odds of losing a baby are cut to about 3-5 %, assuming there are no other known complications with either the mother or the baby.

Heartbeat has NOTHING to do w/miscarrage! Goggle it! Or ask your RE...starting your 13W your chances drop...then at 18W they drop again!

Summer, after reading your response, I did google "miscarriage rates after seeing heart beat" and came back with conflicting info... here is one link I found http://www.fertilityties.com/post/show/miscarriage-rates which supports the decreased rate after seeing the heart beat. I lost 2 babies in the second trimester so I know there is no guarantee ( after several very positive ultrasounds) .... but my ob and mfm doc both have said m/c rates drop after seeing hb-- which makes sense b/c many miscarriages are babies with chromosomal problems who either don't get a hb or get a very slow beating heart.

You ask and I told you what my RE's (Ivf clinic said) and my OBGYN....so great if your news makes you happier then I'm glad you found out...you posted this...so I responded...what I know.

If you look to babycenter.com they indicate that if you see a strong heartbeat between 7-11 weeks then your chances of continuing the pregnancy are greater than 90%.

i think after you hear the heartbeat it reduces to like 80% of not having one...its much higher than people realize. they listened to the heartbeat at 10wks for me too...we had a miscarriage in march 08 and now i am happily have a boy in th enext month....try to relax, i know its hard to do so.

Even though I already posted, I came across this today and thought it was interesting and based on a couple of different studies (cited at the bottom of web page) http://miscarriage.about.com/od/pregnancyafterloss/f/oddsheartbeat.htm. It says women w/ no vaginal bleeding, the odds of m/c after getting a heart beat are about 4%. For women w/ vaginal bleeding, also after getting hb, odds are 13% (I would have guessed higher for this group, but I don't really know). For women w/ a history of recurrent m/c, after getting hb, risk of m/c is 17%. Mothers over 35-- 16%. Mothers over 40-- 20 %. I don't know much about the particular studies, but I thought it was interesting to add to this discussion.

I wish I could say it dropped but I heard and saw my baby's h/b at 6 weeks, and the baby died right around the same time but I didn't know it until the m/c started at 10 weeks...(that happened 3 years ago - I'm now 14 weeks) My doc this time said a heartbeat after 10 weeks is a VERY good sign. Hope that helps. this is one of those subjects that everyone hears something different unfortunately.

I know that they never found my baby. Just a gestation sac, so if you have a hb and a baby I would just pray that God continues a healthy baby...I dont know odds or statistics, they scare the crap outta me....lol the internet can be a very dangerous place for people like me lol.....I just would take it as is....God bless

I talked to my dr about this on Saturday because I was bleeding a little. She said after seeing a hb there is only a 5% chance of misscarriage